The testing firm didn't conduct tests using Alacritech adapters on either the Windows 2000 or NT 4.0 platforms.

"We found that regardless of the server employed or the number of processors, Windows Server 2003 generated significantly better peak file-serving performance compared to Windows 2000 Advanced Server and NT 4.0 Server Enterprise Edition," says the VeriTest test report summary. "Additionally, we found that using the Alacritech network adapters resulted in a performance improvement of approximately 26 percent compared to using the Intel PRO/1000 MF Server Adapters." The authors of the report could not be reached for comment by press time.